Chris Lale wrote: > I cannot view PDFs using Firefox in Etch (Testing). I get: > > "There was an error while loading the plugin - ewh.api. The plugin > failed to initialize." > > I have these packages installed: > > acroread 7.0.5-0.0 > mozilla-acroread 7.0.5-0.0 > > According to http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html#Acrobat: > Adobe Reader Version: 7.0.5 > > 1. Install Adobe Reader. > 2. Create a symbolic link to nppdf.so to your Mozilla plugins > directory. 3. Ensure a copy of acroread is in your PATH. > > On my system: > 2. /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/pluginsnppdf.so is a symlink to > /usr/lib/Adobe/Acrobat7.0/Browser/intellinux/nppdf.so > 3. Acroread is in my path since I can launch it from a terminal window > with the command 'acroread'. > > According to Acroread Help -> About Adobe Plugins, ewh is loaded. There > is a note to say that that the Netscape plugin is required for loading > (this seems to be the nppdf.so file above). > > Any suggestions? > Chris. Hi Chris, I'm also using Etch 2.6.15-i686. I have nppdf.so in my ~/.mozilla/plugins/ folder. It is not a link but an actual copy. The Acrobat plugin works fine in Firefox. Why not give that a try. Cheers, Jonathan
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